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Language and Canadian Media

Representations, Ideologies, Policies

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  1. Rachelle Vessey

    1. Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Rachelle Vessey
    Pages 1-26

  3. The Media in Canada

    • Rachelle Vessey
    Pages 27-57

  4. Approaches to Language Ideology

    • Rachelle Vessey
    Pages 59-96

  5. Language Ideologies in Canadian Print Newspapers

    • Rachelle Vessey
    Pages 97-149

  6. Language Ideologies in Online News and Commentary: The Case of the Vancouver Olympics

    • Rachelle Vessey
    Pages 151-174

  7. Language Ideologies and Twitter in Canada

    • Rachelle Vessey
    Pages 175-212

  8. Language Ideologies in Online News, Commentary, and Twitter: The Case of “Pastagate”

    • Rachelle Vessey
    Pages 213-257

  9. Conclusions

    • Rachelle Vessey
    Pages 259-275

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 277-281
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About this book

Language Ideologies and Canadian Media explores how French and English Canadian media discuss languages and language issues, which language ideologies predominate in English and French, and whether language ideologies in traditional news media are transferred to new and social media. 


Using corpus linguistics and discourse analysis and a variety of different datasets ranging from print newspapers to online news, commentary and Twitter, the author argues that language ideologies in Canadian media have a bearing not only on the extent to which Canadian language policies are adopted, but also on the very way that Canadians understand themselves and their place in the nation. 


Reviews

“This is a thoroughly scholarly book, well researched with sources that are diverse and comprehensive, a treasure trove that will be invaluable for researchers and general audiences alike.” (Saira Fitzgerald, Language Problems and Language Planning, Issue 2, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Rachelle Vessey

About the author

Dr Rachelle Vessey is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University (UK) and has published her work on language ideologies in Canadian media in a range of academic journals, including Multilingua, Corpora, Language and Politics, Discourse & Society, and Journal of Multicultural Discourses. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language and Canadian Media

  • Book Subtitle: Representations, Ideologies, Policies

  • Authors: Rachelle Vessey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53001-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53000-4Published: 13 May 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53001-1Published: 30 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 281

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Multilingualism, Sociolinguistics, Social Media, Discourse Analysis, Stylistics, Corpus Linguistics

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